The Sliver of the Moon

Today and tomorrow are sweet spots for the moon. I thought that I would not even get a shot of the Moon because the clouds were rolling in. I got lucky. I had a window of about 10 minutes of cloud free moon. Hopefully tomorrow I will have Venus and Jupiter in the photo as well.

New Born With Set Up

Bianca Matisse











Here are the set up shots for the bub photos.
I was also shooting tethered for the first time. Shooting tethered is amazing! Checking sharpness straight away. Add lens corrections and sharpness and lens profile and white balance as you import. Brilliant!

Not to mention listening to Mum melt when she sees the photos pop up onto the screen...





I used ambient light. This was to minimise the flash pops that would be uncomfortable for sleeping bub.

I can see banks of LEDs being very useful for new born pics.

I set up in front of a big glass window. Since the sun was coming straight through the window, I put up a white sheet to diffuse the direct sunlight. I had to fold it over because one layer was not thick enough to stop the harsh sunlight.

I set up a white curtain as back drop. And later in the shoot pulled the bottom in close to the platform.

Because bub was very still, I used the tripod. Which allowed me to manual focus. Using live view on the back at x5 view was enough to focus exactly on her eyes.

The heater warmed up the room so it was nice and toasty. So bub was not cold whilst out of her clothes.

And of course, profile the lens with the light and to take the white balance, the good ol' xrite colo[u]r passport checker. This little thing is a winner.

Cigars All 'Round

Introducing Bianca Matisse Hone
Born 9/3/12

A big day


Yours truly


Dressed by Gram


Hugs from big brother


First bath


Coming home


Proud Mum


Proud Nan


Big week